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Planet of Exile by LeGuin is a sad torture to read, but totally worh it

Few books make me sigh and despair at the tightening grip of age and the decay of hope as this one did. Ursula K LeGuin's tale, Planet of Exile, tells the story

Mosaic: Castle

Home was an apartment. It was up three flights of unforgiving, weathered stairs – if the lift was broken. His had a single bedroom. Cold in the winter. Hot in the

Mosaic - Homeward

Billboards ran through sequences of marketing that was vapid and uninspiring, for products nobody needed. They illuminated the halls of the train station with their

Pre-Judgement - A dystopian future || Review and opinion [Eng - Spa]

Welcome 💖 Bienvenidos ! [Spanish Version] Sentencia Previa - Un futuro distópico || Reseña y opinión Hace días mientras escroleaba las películas que estaban en

Mosaic: Coffee Shop

He sat in the café. He looked at his laptop bag, and back to the cooling cup of coffee. Steam quietly drifted upward in the cold winter day. His job interview had

Mosaic: The Building

The building was a long-forgotten memory, clinging to an otherwise quiet, modern street filled with structures of steel, glass, concrete and ambition. A single block

An Absolute masterpiece - "The Commuter" from Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams

Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams maintains surprisingly good production values throughout - even if "The Commuter" starts with a great snapshot of contemporary,

BOOK REVIEW - Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer - More Area X tales (and tails)

For the last few weeks, the writing of Jeff Van Der Meer, and their mysterious Area X has dominated my thought, and my reading, and even my movie watching. It all

REVIEW - Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

While Adrian Tchaikovsky has a name that is very hard to say, his writing in Children of Time is sublime, with an excellent flow. Each chapter, the perspective swaps

When an Angel Falls from Heaven for You [EN/ES]

(I’ll tell you about the movie so you won’t miss it #2) If you were a hero (or still have that potential), but feel crushed by gray routine, then you’re in Korben

Ender's Game - Fiction that isn't exactly science-y, but very sci-fi due to its themes

When I (definitely) read Ender's Game as a kid, I probably thought it was a cool story about a kid getting good at war training, military moves, and strategy. As

For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs - Heinlein - an alleged master of SF

When I queued up "For Us, The Living", I had no idea what to expect beyond the book's basic synopsis: man goes driving in 1939. Man crashes car. Man

Punishment or Reward?/Castigo o recompensa

Hello, readers. Among the five Hugo Award finalists (all women this year), three stories in the short story category left a strong impression on me. Why don't we

Who is the kid of Omelas hole?

I don’t believe in coincidences. Recently, I read an article by @tarazkp reflecting on the contrasting dichotomy of gain/well-being. I had intended to write an article

The Redemption of Time - when fan fiction becomes official... and is ... good?

Having finished the series "Remembrance of the Earth's Past" by Liu Cixin (author of the Three Body Problem - on which the recent TV series was based)

Death's End - The conclusion to the Three Body Problem's trilogy is thrilling and life changing.

If you've not been following my attempts to read more stuff, you may not be aware that I recently got through the Three Body Problem in audio book form, and well,

Review: The Dark Forest - sequel to the Three Body Problem

Having emerged from the disquieting revelations of "The Three-Body Problem," stepping into Cixi Liu's "The Dark Forest" feels like bracing for

Review: The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu

Having finally turned the (audiobook's) last page of Cixin Liu's "The Three-Body Problem," the sheer scope and audacity of the narrative continue to resonate.

Cybergirls from the Neon Club #2 | Dark City stories.

Traveller: Why do you have cyberlimbs? Neon Nixie: Her expression turns serious, the neon lights dimming in her eyes for a moment. "Ah, these?" Neon Nixie

The hole 2 - Dystopian society with no way out || Review and opinion

Welcome 💖 Bienvenidos It is a prequel to The hole, a horror and science fiction film released in 2024 that I saw recently because I just found out about its existence,